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Collection  de 
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Tachhical  and  Bibliographic  Notai/Motaa  tachniquas  at  bibliographiquas 


Tha  Instituta  haa  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  baat 
original  copy  availabla>  for  filming.  Faaturaa  of  thia 
copy  which  may  ba  bibliographically  uniqua, 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagaa  in  tha 
raproduction,  or  which  may  aignificantly  changa 
tha  uaual  mathod  of  filming,  ara  chackad  balow. 


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Colourad  covara/     ' 
Couvartura  da  coulaur 


I      I    Covars  damagad/ 


Couvartura  andommagte 

|v  Covars  rastorad  and/or  laminatad/ 
I  Xouvartura  raataurte  at/ou  palliculAa 


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I      I    Covar  titia  missing/ 


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La  titra  da  couvartura  nrianqua 


Colourad  maps/ 

Cartas  giographiquas  w\  coulaur 

Colourad  inic  (l.a.  othar  than  blua  or  black)/ 
Encra  da  coulaur  (i.a.  autra  qua  blaua  ou  npira) 

Colouriad  platas  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planchas  at/ou  illustrations  wx  coulaur 


Bound  with  othar  matarial/ 
RaiiA  avac  d'autras  documants 


Tight  binding  may  catiaa  shadows  or  distortion 
along  intarior  margin/ 

La  ca  liura  sarrAa  paut  causar  da  I'ombra  ou  da  la 
distortion  la  long  da  la  njarga  intAriaura 

Blank  laavas  addad  during  rastoration  may' 
appaar  within  tha  taxt.  Whenavar  possibia,  t)iasa 
hava  baan  omittad  from  filming/  . 
11  sa  paut  qua  cartainaa  pagas  blanchas  ajoutias 
tors  d'una  rastauration  apparaissant  dans  la  taxta, 
mala,  lorsqua  cala  itait  possibia.  cas  pagas  n'ont 
pas  «t*  filmAas. 

Additional  commanta:/ 

Commantairas  supplimantairaS;  "^ 


L'Instltut  a  ipicrofilmd  la  maillaur  exemplaire 
qu'il  liii  a  it6  possible  da  sa  procurer.  Las  details, 
da  cat  axamplaira  qui  sont  paut-Atra  uniquas  du 
point  da  vua  bibliographiqua,  qui  pauvent  modifier 
una  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  mAthoda  noripale  de  filmage 
aont  indiqute  ci-dassous. 


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□   Cblourad  pages/ 
Pagas  da  couleur 

□   Pagas  damaged/ 
Pagas  endommagAas  ' 


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Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pagas  rastaurAas  at/ou  pelliculAes 


r~~|    Pagas  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 


Pages  dAcolorAes,  tachetAes  ou  piquAes 


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Pages  detached/ 
Pages  ditachAes 


r~y]    Showthrough/ 


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Quality  of  print  vJirias/  ^  ' 

Quality  iriAgala  de  I'impression 

Includes  SMPPiamentary  material/ 
Comprand  du  material  supplAmantaira 

Only  edition  available/ 
Saula  Edition  disponible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  arrata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  hava  baan  rafilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Lea  pagas  totalament  ou  partiallement 
obscurcies  par  qn  fauillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  kxh  filmias  h  noiivaau  da  fapon  h 
obtanir  la  mailleure  image  possibia. 


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tp  th«  g«n«ro«ity  of : 

McLannan  Library      .      • 
McGiil  Univanity 
Montraai 


L'exomplair*  film4  fut  roproduit  grico  k  la 
gAhirosit*  da:  ,,• 

Mckannan  Library 

IMcQiii  Univartity  \ 

Montraai 


fha  imagas  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  baat  quality 
poaslbia  conaldaring  tha  condition  and  laigiibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  In  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  apaclfleatlona. 


Las  Imagaa  suh/antas  ont  Ati  raprodultas  avac  la 
plus 'grand  soin,  oompta  tanu  da  la  condition^at- 
da  la  nattat*  da  i'axamplaira  film  A,  at  an  / 
conformiti  avac  las  conditions  du  contriit  da 
fllmaga. 


Original  coplaa  In  printad  papar  covars  ara  filmad 
baginning  with  tha  fh>nt  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  fast  paga  with  a  printAd  or  lilustratad  Impraa- 
sion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copias  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  lilustratad  impraa- 
slon,  and  anding  on  tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  imprassion. 


Tha  last  racordad  frama  on  aach  mlcroflcha 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  — "^  (moaning  "CON* 
TINUED").  or  tha  symbol  V  (moaning  "END"), 
yvhichawar  amMiaa. 

Maps,  plataa,  charts,  ate.,  may  ba  filmad  at    "^ 
diffarant  raduction  ratios.  Thoaa  too  larga  to  ba 
antiraly  Includad  in  ona  axposura  ara  filmad 
baginnlrig  in  tha  uppar  laft  hand  comar,  laft  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  framaa  aa 
raquirad.  Tha  following  diagrama  iHuatrata  tha 
mathod: 


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.  Las  axamplalraa  originaux  dont  la  couWsrtura  an 
papiar  aat  ImprimAa  sont  filmta  an  co^manpant 
par  la  pramlar  plat  at  an  tarmlnant  sok  par  la 
darniira  paga  qui  .comporta  una  amp^nta 
d'impraaaioh  ou  d'illustratlon,  soit  pa('  la  sacond 
plat,  salon  la  caa.  Tous  laa  autraa  axalmplalraa 
originaux  sont  nim(^  an  comman^nt  par  la 
pramMra  pagb  qui  comporta  una  ambrainta 
dimpraaaion  ou  d'iUustration  at  an  tarmlnant  par 
la  darniira  paga  qui  comporta  una  talla^  ^-" 
ampraint*.  «  . 

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Ufi  dia  aymbolaa  sulvanta  apparattr  i  aur  la 
darniira  Imaga  da  chaqua  microficli  a,  salon  la 
cas:  la  symbola  — »>  signifia  "A  SUiVRE",  la  ' 
symbola  ▼  slgniffia  "FIN".  i 


Laa  cartaa,  planchaa,  tabiaaux,  ate,  pauvant 
filmia  k.  das  taux  da  rMuetion  dlffinmts. 
Lorsqua  la  dooumant  aat  trop  grand  pour  Atra 
raproduit  an  un  saul  cltehi,  11  aat  fllmA  i  partir 
da  I'angia  supirlaur  gaucha,  da  gaucha  i  droita, 
at  da  haut  an  baa,  an  pranant  la  nombra 
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A  Writer,  hot  Very  lorig  fince,  drojJfied  fome 
ambigtrous  words,  which  might  be  fup-, 
pofcd  to  reflea:  upon  lord  Loudon  j  arid 
the  whole  people  were  alarnied:  it  was  an  infult 
upon  the  wifeft  mieafures  j  and  an  abufe  of  one  of 
the  firft  Of  men*  Power  in  a  little  time  changed 
hands  J  and  the  public  voice  changed  with  it: 
fluduating  and  weak  as  water  j  and  driven,  li^^ 
that,  any  way,  with  the  leaft  breath  of  artful 
men.  Nothing  \^a9  now  expedted,  where  all 
before  fecmed  certain  of  fuccefs  j  and  wagers 
were  offered  by  thofe  who  affected  to  be  in.the 
fecrets  of  government,  that  the  reft  of  the"  world 
might  form  the  defigncd  opinions.       ' 

The  meafures  were  ftill  the  fame  j  and  the 
man  the  fame  who  was  to  condufk  them :  and  if 
he  had  no^efervcd  the  firft  extravagant  ap- 
plaufe,  far^s  did  he  merit  the  new  obloquy. 
The  dcfign  was  as  likely  to  fucceed  under  one  ad^ 
miniftration  as  another  j  for  "the  force  to  execute 
it  was  unaltered  j  and  neither  the  old  nor  new 

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mHiffiry  had  any  fhare  in  itrcontrivance.    The 

ialsifi  WiS  his  aloi\e  who.ftood  entrufted  with  the 

execution  of  it;  and  there  neither  was  nor  js  any 

taiufc  to  doubt,,  but  he  >vQuld  have  purfued'  the 

^^.true  path  to  its  fucccfs. 

He  is  now  returned :  -and  in  the  place  of  that 
glory  which  he  would  probably  nave  gained  ^^^ 
he  has  the  unfair  reprefentJttions  of  ioterefted  men 
to  conibat  v  and  hei^rs  his  conduct  arraigned  by; 
thofe  who  haye  as  little  knowledge  of  the  circum-,     , 
ftances^  as  pf  the  nature  of  the  fervicc.       '^^ 

This  his  lordfliip' has  paifcd  hitherto,  and  I 
fuppofe  will  coatinuetapa^i over,  untegarded. 
'  The  good  and  great  are  above  the  notice  of  po- 
pular clamour:  but  what  them^vesf defpifc,  o- 
thers  often  feel  for  them.     I  thinjk  the  earl  of 
Loudon  wouldbe  as  much  above  anfwering  fuch    » 
acGufations,  as  defervittg^ttiem:  but  they  are  fo 
cafily  refuted,  thatit^cr^inuch  to  be  regretted 
if  none  Ihould  <io  it.  •  ' 

The  general  ppinion  of  thcfe  perfons  is,  ^at 
leaft  it  is  their  general  exclamation)  that  his  lord- 
ihip  did  not  fufficiently  pufti  the  feryice^  and 
that  Louisbourg  might  hav«i  been  taken  with  the 
force  under  his  command.  *  They  are  bold  e- 
nough  to  urge  the  meafures  pf  gpirernment  in 
changing  th^  C(5mmand,  as  a  circumftance  of 
proof  for  their  affertion.  . 

Jt  little  bcoomes  fuch  perfons  to  judge  of  the?  f  c  • 
fclutions  of  a  miniftry,  wjiich  it  is  impoiTible  they 
IRiould  underftand  :  ^nd  it  wouldbe  as  improper 
for  me  to  qucftion  their  impropriety,  who  aiii  is 

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will  be  cafy  Xq  (hew,  .this  nobleman  d^cpyed  j^d 
ccnfure,;  and  it  muft  thcl)  be  iildificr^nt  frbnx. 
whom  it  comes.    "''         ^    r  -  .  "  tr^  •  '\ 

If  it  (hail  appear  by  the  foUbWing  ftif  clcteil' 
of  circufmftarices,  that  the  carl  of  Loudon  laid  i? 
plan  of  Gyrations,  equally  for^  thfc  glory  and  in-, 
tcrcft  of  his  country  j  that  this  defign  received?, 
the  fan/ftion  oftbegovefnment  j  andhimfclf,  its  \ 
author,  had  the  honour  of  the  command :  that    ^ 
th?  meafures.  by  whith '  he  purf9e,d  this  purpoft/ 
were  conformable  to  leafoi^,  and  tjre  nature  of 
jifie  fervice ";  and  that^hey  were  apprbved  bj!"  tbofc 
mpft  immediately  concerned ;-  th^  the  expedititni 
was  pufti€d>yith  aH'  pofliWc  vigour  by  his  lord- ^ 
fhip  ;  iwitt  was  rendered  impr^(^:iic^bie  by  su^ 
dents  in  which  he  had  no  tohcern;  wen^e 
reafon  to  hope  the  candid  arid  honefl  will  conti^ 
fiue  to  pay  that  regard  to  his  lordihip's  gresft  qua-    * 
lities,  with  which  they  received  the  noiiqc  orhis  - 
being  appointed  to  conimarid  in  that  enterprftzei 
1  his  we  (hall  attfjmpt  to  (hew,  by  a  plaih  re-i 
cital  offal's ;  which  will  b^  r^ted,  we  hope,  with 
accuracy ;  at  \tm  \yith  impartiality:  for  ^^q Hav^i 
no  view  but  truth v  This  fias  been  hitherto  pbfcur-* 
^  by  artifices,  or  dcfaccurby  rancoiir,  bdt  itis  . 
not  difficult  to  clear  op  thofc  ftains,  "and  prcfent 
the  fair  relation  to -the  world.  It  has'^hotyctbecii 
done  ;  and  indeed,  according  to  the  circumftan- 
ccs,  could  not  ealily ;  for  we  have  depended  Jti 
England  up9n  the  reprefcnjtations  cif,  things  from 
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thofe  on  the  fpot,  who,  tho'  they  knew  the  truths 

were  partial.  .        . 

The  people  of  New- York  hated  lord  Loudori 
for  two  things ;  his  quartering  the  troops  upon 
them,  and  the  embargo  on  their  fl]iips:  and  pow- 
er changed  hands  in  England.  The  enterprize 
mifcaJried,  as  half  the  en^erprizes  in  the  world 
have  done,  from  the  circumAances  of  things,  , 
not  from  any  fault  in  the  commanders :  and  tho' 
we  fuifer,  no  one  is  to  blame.  This  is  the  genc^ 
ral  ftate  of  the  cafe  j  and  this  will  appear  by  th«' 
following  fa^s.  . 

We  fliall  take  in  the  wtiole  time  from  the  fir(t 
plan  of  the  enterprize,to  the  return  of  the  troops : 
and  we  have  neither  dciire  nor  power  to  mifre- 
prefent  them.    They  have  been  laid  before  the 

f)ublick  as  they  occurred,  and  occafionaliy,  ia. 
arge  recitals :  and  we  may  <apply  to  every  ac- 
count that  has  been  pubiimed  from  the  arucles 
of  news-papers,  to  the  fyftems  of  che  temporary 
politickns,  that  they  are  as  here  reprefented,  and 
that  tlTey  never  have  been  reprefented  ptherwife. 
Thefe  being  allowed,  the  reafonings  cannot  be^ 
centradi<^6a,  for  they  flow  from  no  other  fource  ^ 
and  we  flatter  ourfelves  the  impartial  publick  (to 
whofe  judgment  kings,  appeal)  will  entertain  no. 
doubt  in  any  circumftance.  What  is  here  offer- 
red  is  the  plain  and  uninfluenced  vqice  of  reafon : 
if  his  lordfliip  had  been  confolted,  doubtlcfs  it 
would  have  been  better;  but  it  is  thus  difintc- 
tetted )  and  I  believe  no  one  will  have  fo  much 
caufe  as  himfclf  to  be  diflatisfled, 

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TliP  ftory  will  ft^nd  4i8  an  ^afiinjile  of  the  y% 
tiity  ofthc 

u  Arbitrium  popularis  aura*  .-   / 

And  if  the  reader  wi{hes  to  fee  another,  let  him 
remember  the  poor  good  old  lord  Blakeney. 
The  vehemence  of  applaufe,  and  the  fudden  and 
unmerited  turn  fronii  it  to  cenfure  or  negledt,  are 
miTerable  indances  of  the  unfteadinefs  of  theMin 

w  man  mind ;  and  while  they  teach  us  caution, 
they  (hould  bealfo  leflbns  of  humility.  ;  '  '- 

Toward  the  latter  end  of  the  year  before  laft^ 
the  earl  of  Loudon  laid  before  the  miniftry  his 
lenfe  of  the  ftate  of  the  war.  The  importance 
of  North  Ameridttneeded  not  to  be  inHfted  on  ; 
it  was  too'obviousw  argument :  the  little  fuccefs 

'c^our  fotces  there,  he  (hewed,  was  owing  to 
their  having^  undertaken  little;  and  it  was  pro^ 
pofed  to  attempt  Cape  Breton,  and  thence  all 
Canada.  The  enterprize  was  great,  and  it  was 
therefore  fit  for  Britons.  The  thought  was  wor-  c 
thy  of  a  hero;  and  with  the  Propofition  thii'*^ 
nobleman  laid  down  the  nieans  and.meafurts  for 
its  execution  :  vaft  as  it  appeared,  he  (hewed  it 
was  pta^icable;  and  we  have  no  rsafon  to  doubt 
but  that  he  would  have  proved  it  fo  in  the  exe^ 
cution.  Perhaps  we  (hall  ftill  fee  it  done  with 
the  (ame  forces,  and  upon  the  fame  plan :  and  I 
think  I  may  venture  to  fay,  that  in  this  cafe  no 
roan  will  be  more  rejoiced  at  his  country's  fuccefs 
than  lord  Loudon,  or  more  indifferent  whether 
it  were  brought  about  by  himfelf  or  by  another. 

When 


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-,        *^      *    >    .      «^M.  _>  .s      i  iitA  2 


-^" 


jyfkisa  this  ttpbleman  propofcd  to  the  gpvcrn- 
inent  an  entetprizc  againft  thcfe  places,  he  deli- 
vered ia  an  account  of  the  force  which  might  be 
required  for  lt$ ^xecotion  V  ahd'the  greatcft  per- 
Ibflwi  81  the  kiogidoin,  after  ainature  confideriitiQi], 
dM  :e^?l  honour  to  his  lord  (hip's  head  an(| 
licart,  by  appr<)ving  not  the  purpofc  only,  hot 
the  plart  of  opprations  y  and  by  committing  to 
fetfecarc  the  conduct  of  the  expedition.  Lord 
Jioudoa  recei/wcd  the  appr6batioaof;hi§^fch«me 
n^ith  the  fjMneooe^nefs  wherewith  he  had  laid  it  j 
^d;  -with  an  undtfturbed  mind,  planned  the  ne- 
,  ceflfary  lixeafurcs,  pptoffucccft  atone  in  the  en- 
lerprizei  but  of  fafcty  in  the  colonics  which 
i^oight  l^  etpdfed  by  it. 

i  Three  point!  idemanded  great  confiderationJ 
Tbf  preventing  the  enemy  from  receiving  intel^ 
ligoice  of  hb  de^gt» ;  the  providing  an  uninter* 
tupt'Cd  tranlt)ortat»on  for  the  troops  >  and  the  fe* 
curing  the  froatiers  of  the  feveral  colonics,  moft 
cxpofed  to  be  attacked  by  the  enemy,  while  the 
miin  rfoirce  w«  a^'mg  cffeftually  on  the  great 

Thefc  are  the  requifites  to  a  rational  undertak- 
ing of  fuch  importance,  and  without  thefe  faccefs 
would  other  be  impoffiblc,  or  the  confequcnccs 
worfe  than  its  failure. 

For  thcfe  lord  Loudon  provided  by  a  timely 
care,  and  by  fiach  racafures  as  appeared*  to  him 
left  moft  eafy  and  eflfedtual. 

Had"  things  at  home  continued  in  the  ftatc 
wherein  he  left  them,  thcfe  mcafnircs  ^ouldhave 

been 


gpvcrn- 
ac  dcli- 
light  be 
c^.  per- 

eadan(| 
ily,  batt 
tting  to 
.    Lord 

t  Uid  it  I 

-tbeiiic- 

the  en- 

which 

ieralion. 
^g  intel^ 
uniikter* 
Ithcfe^ 
es,  molt 
^hile  the 
he  great 

'  .  i'  . 
idertak- 

e  fucccfs 
:()aence$ 

a  timely 
'  10  him 

he  ftatc 

Aildhave 

been 


DeQ^lHauaed,  as  they  certainly  apptear  to  hav<9 
dcfb^pHj  J^nd  every  ojap  of  them  would  have 
been  a'%ew  article  in  hif  praife :  but  men  jadged 
differently  by  the  time  the  accounts  arrived :  and 
the  mob,  who  had  before  applauded  not  without 
Teafon^  though  withoii^t  know  ledge,  were  now 
taught  to  cenfure  and  condemn  equally  without 
either ;  and  tl^ey  who  knewjT  little  againft  both^ 

Men  whO;  \vere  at  this  yaft  diftance  were  tf 
judge  of  operajtibn^fWit|ipt;it  knowing  ^p<yi  -whajlt 
circumfliance^  l|e  who  wa^oi^^he/p^t  found  them 
■neceffary ;  and  t}iey  who  were  Ignoi^nt  of  the 
liature  Qf  commandj  were  tp  determine  roncernf 
jng  the  meaiure^'pf  the  war*  !Fhe  politician  of 
H  cofSce-hottfe  ;!wa8  to  fit  in  judgment  upon  his 
defigns,  whom  the  goyemaicnt  had  underflood 
iPibe  perfenftly  capable  of  the:  fervice  J  and  it 
may  be  faid,  with  that  freedom  which  become^ 
■the  triitht  ignorance  w^s  not  his  moft  dangerous, 
enemy.  Mm  y*^cre  taught  tp  fay  ■what  tho% 
who  influenced  them  knew  to  be  falfe  j  and  the 
reputation  of  the  comniander  was  to  be  facrificed^ 
3»hile  he  w»?  pwrfuing  a  dcfign  approved  by  his 
country,  by  thoft  very  mcafurcs  w|)9}?(  he  ha^ 
kid  do^n  for  it^  cxccMtion.  ■  ^ 

I  (hall  not  anticipate,  by  entering  int6  particuM 
Jars,  what  may  be  neceiTary  on  a  more  importaiiic 
occafion  i  but  I  (hail  add,  there  are  fome  whp 
will  bluih  to  read  this  3  and  perhaps  fear  whj^ 

may  fbUow.      ! 

As  to  the  popular  opinion,  no  itfan  defoifes 
that,  except  he  who  knows  he  does  not  deiervc 

B  iti 


N 


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■•   \ 


^^mmwmi 


■ws'smr 


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[    10   ] 

it  J  but  I  may  add,  I  think,  with  truth,  that  this 
commander,  though  perhaps  he  has  felt  with  as 
inuch  warmth  of  gratitude  as  any  man,  the  ap*   v 
plaufes  of  his  country,  yet  would  difclaim  them 
upon  the  conditions  on  which  fomc  have  tried 

to  gain  them.        ' 

The  mcafures  by  which  this  general  provided 
for  the  execution  of  hit  cnterprize,  and  the  de- 
fence tsf  the  colonics,  though  they  be  now  con- 
troverted, were  otice  approved :  they  ftill  are 
what  they  were,  tnd  k  fecms  plain  to  reafon 
they  would  have  been  approved  ftill,  if  any  o- 
ther  man  had  followed  them.  He  vras  in  acom- 
mand  that  authorifed  his  taking  thefe  ftcps;  and 
he  was  upon  thie  fpbt  to  know,  though  we  arc 
n6t;  that  they  were  neccJffary.  This  will  appear 
lief«ftftcr;  and  it  is  juft  it  (hould  be  believed 
now,  uUcfs  fomc  reafonable  caufc  be  Ihewn  t6 

doubt  itN-^    ^    '  '      •         _  ,     . 

In  the  colonies,  the  governors  Whom  his  lord*- 
(hip  affembled  on  that  occafion,  entered  into  all 
his  reafons,  approved  all  his  propofitions,  and, 
like  the  government  at  home,  adopted  all  his 
rricafbres;  and  by  their  ready  concurrence  did 
iim  peculiar  honour.       ^  ,    n.    j   t. 

They  were  pleafed  tp  think  he  underftood  the 
ftate  of  their  refpedive  governments  better  than 
they  did  thcmfelyesj  and  while  they  acknowledg- 
ed the  wifdom  of  placmg  them  only  on  the  dc- 
fcnfive,  they  were  at  once  furpriftd  at  the  cafy 
means  by  which  he  propofed  to  eflfed  it;  a^d 
perfedly  convinced  that  thofc  means  were  fuffi- 

*■'"*•  When 


tt^MMl&M^^diA^M^i^^^^M^^^^^i^H^ 


'■t  . 


When,  in  purfuance  of  his  lord(hip*s  pkn,  the 
number  of  troops  to  be  fupplied  by  each  colony 
was  fettled,  and  the  places  of  their  deftination 
were  appointed,  according  to  the  well  laid  and 
well  underftodd  plan  of  general  defence;  this 
part  of  the  preparation  was  accompllfhed :  and 
the  refpeft  the  feveral  governors  paid  to'  the  com* 
mand^,  and  the  unanimity  they  {hewed  among 
one  another,  gave  every  pofTible  propped:  of  tran* 
quillity. 

Thus  far  the  enemies  of  lord  Loudon  (but  I 
recall  the  term,  he  can  have  none)  let  me  be 
permitted  to  call  them  the  blind  and  mifguided 
creatures  of  thofe  who  wi(h  him  ill,  muil  ac- 
knowledge every  thing  was  condudlcd  well. 

The  tw6  remaining  articles,  the  e£fe£lual  con- 
veyance of  the  forces,  and  the  prcferving  fecrecy 
in  regard  to  the  enemy,  were  to  be  provided  for, 
one  way  and  only  one :  this  was  by  laying  an 
embargo  on  the  outward-bound  veflcls.  Either 
of  thefe  occafions  would  have  juftified  tliatmea- 
fure  in  the  eye  of  reafon,  but  both  concurred  to 
demand  it.  This  expedient  anfwered  both  pur- 
pofes,  and  no  other  meafure  could  have  anfwered 
cither.  .     ' 

I  know  this  embargo  has  becn'^an  occalion  of 
much  complaint  at  home,  for  fome  caufe  of  dif- 
iatisfaftion  muft  be  afligned  j  and  this  was  bcft, 
for  it  was  popular.  Far  be  it  from  thofe  who  in- 
tercft  themfelvcs  in  lord  Loudon's  caufe  to  endea- 
vour to  deny,  to  extenuate,  or  even  to  cxcufe 
this  proceeding.    If  there  be  blame  laid  on  it, 

B  2  What 


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^^m^^^  "^^ 


■Ml^^^ 


m 


What  Is  the  caufc  ?  W ap  it  no  tncceflary  to  the  fer- 
iMice  ?  none  would  difpute  it ;  that  woyild  be  too 
hardy:  it  would  betray  an  ignorance  no  man 
would  charge  upon  binfiTeif.  Had  he  not  a. 
right  and  juft  authority  to  do  it?  there  isno  que^ 
ftioTi  but  he  had.  His  orders  were  abfolute:  he 
was  fuppokd  to  underftand  the  fervicc  i  he  wa$ 
co^fidered  as  a  brave  and  an'honefl  n)an :  and 
fxQ  will  be  confidered  as  fuch  a  one  when  even^ 
the  deteftation  fhall  ccafe,  which  wilLlong  pur* 
fue  their  memories  who  now  afFeft  to  think  him 

etherwife,  f  , 

It  muft  be  owned  that  the  laying  an  embargo 
on  the  outward-bound  veflels  was  a  neceflary 
misafure,  and  that  lord  Loudon  hadjuft  authority 
to  do  ir.  Of  what  then  i&it  that  men  would 
complain  ?  Is  there  any  one  will  fay  a  comman- 
der is  to  blame,  who  dod  a  neceflary  adion  l^ 
Jiis  propcf  power  ?  there  is  none  fo  abfurd.  Let 
riiem  on  the  other  hand  fay,  whedier  they  would 
not  have  blamed  him  if  he  had  omitted  it  ?  Tl^e/ 
would  bavi  had  juft  reafon, 
<  This  embargo  was  attended  with  many  incOn^ 
veniencies  to  private  perfons  X  it  is  allowed }  bat 
k  could  Tiot  be  avoided.  Public  meafures  of  the 
moft  ufeful  kind  often  are  fo,  and  when  tha 
people's  voice  is  left  to  its  free  courfe,  the  neccf- 
£ty  is  feen,  and  there  is  no  complaint. 
V  None  will  difpute  the  neceflity  of  it  in  this  in- 
ftance.  It  is  impoflible.  At  the  fame  time  it 
Hiuft  be  owned,  it  was  attended  with  particular^ 
inconvcnicncics.    England  was  in  want  of  cornj 

at 


\ 


fi      *lFJ'i«,f  If* 


«tffe. 


at  lead  the  public  by  tiiEid'  men  were  made  tf 
think  fo ;  and  to  fuiFer  a«  much  aa  if  the  (oitatf 
was  real:  there  was  cotn  in  the  tolotiies  thai 
could  be  fpared ;  and  the  enibargo  prevented  fb^ 
the  time  its  exportation.  The  circumftances  ard 
certain.  But  did  lord  Loudon  create  rhefe  ciri 
cumibinces  ?  Was  he  the  author  of  our  imaginary 
famine  ;  or  in  the  plan  of  his  enterptize  could  he 
forfceit?  ' 

-  'It  is  allowed  thoTeperfbnsmlhe colonies  who 
had  (hipped  corn  tor  England  loft  an  advantage; 
but  it  was  a  lofs  that  could  not  be  avoided :  and 
if  thofe  who  have  been  loudeft  in  comj^aints 
would  make  out  ^vfair  lift  of  the  fufFerers,  the 
quantity  (hipped,  and  the  time  dplayedt  it  WoUl^ 
be  found,  that  very  ^ttle  occaOons,  when  it  is 
tiiought  convenient,  can  rail^^itiit  clamoulr^ 
This  it  the  fair  way  of  ftatin|thsLSccount ;  it  ii 
very  plain  why  they  will  not^  brought  to  ddit^ 
but  if  we  hear  mqre  of  it>  'tis  not  ic^poflSble  ^ut 
we  may  do  it  for  thetn. 

In  plain  truth  the  inconvenience  wa$  itiucit 
lefs  than  has  been  pretended ;  an^  the  import* 
^ce  of  the  mes^ure  greater  than  can  be  well  t<i 
magined.  The  candid  reader  fees  the  fair  ftate 
of  the  cafe ;  and  he  will  perhaps  fay  for  himfelf, 
what^  after  the  meafures  that  have  been  taken, 
it  would  be  indecent  for  me  to  fay  to  him. 

The  government  has,  in  confequencc'of  the 
clamours  on  this  fubjed,  taken  from  commanders,' 
for  the  future,  the  power  of  extending  an  em- 
bargo to  (hips  defined  hither  from  the  Colonies. 


4 


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'i^rf:.'.  ■ 


I'  \ 


4  fhall  ttot  take  upon  me  to  judge  whether  this 
fiep  be  wife,  or  what  were  its  immediate  motives  ;^ 
ifor  I  think  greatly  of  their  integrity  and  wifdon^r 
who  now  have  power :  but  if  it  be  thought  by 
9ny  that  this  new  regulation  reflects  difgrace  upon 
lord  Loudon,  they  may  be  told,  that  on  the  con- 
trary, the  taking  away  this  power  for  the  future, 
acknowledges  he  had  it  juftly  when  he  exerted, 
it;  and  the  neceflity  of  the  fervice  was  really  e« 
though  to  have  anfwered  much  greater  private 
difadvantages. 

Men^whofe  own  hearts  had  taught  them  to  feek 
bad  motives  for  the  condu^  of  others,  laboured 
to  attribute  this  embargo  to  a  different  caufe:  and 
^ere  were,  not  wanting  fome  weak  enough  to 
ioasigine,  or  wjcked  eno^gh  to  pretend,  they  ima- 
gined there,  that  this  flep  was  taken  to  favour 
uie  bargains  of  thoie  who  were  to  provide  for  the 
forces:  nor  did  we  want  here  men  who  were 
impolitic  enough,  I  had  like  to  have  faid  ab* 
iiird  enough,  to  adopt  the  opinion, 

I  (hall  not  enlarge  here  upon  the  private  cha* 
rader  of  lord  Loudon  -,  but  they  muft  have 
known  very  little  of  it,  who  could  fuppofe  him 
capable  of  being  influenced  by  fuch  motives;  and 
they  inufl  have  furely  ilrange  .heads  as  well  as 
moft  abandoned  hearts,  who  when  the  nature  of 
the  publick  fervice  fo  plainly  and  fo  needfully  re- 
Quired  this  meafure,  could  attribute  it  to  private 
views  and  perfona(  intereft. 

Thofe  who  were  uppn  the  fpot  can  acquaint  the 
incredulous,  that  it  was  not  till  late  in  the  clamour 

this 


thi$  accufation  was  ftartcdl  The  firft  complainti 
were  of  the  hardflups  of  the  meafutej  the  unhappy 
ftaten^private  men  who  muftbc  ofpreffed  tofcry^ 
thepuNic;  and  the  neccffitics  of  England.  Tbdfe 
were  thc^firft  expoftulations  j  but  when  thfe  lord 
Loudon  fteadily  oppofed  the  t)ublick  caufe  t6 
thefe  private  hardftiips  j  and  though  he  was- con- 
cerned to  fee  them,  would  not  endanger  the  ge- 
"neral  fervice  to  remove  them  j  then  it  was  th^ 
private  purpofcs  Were  pretended  5  then  malice 
taught  the  fuflfercrs  to  invent  caufes, which  thcm,- 
felves  did  not  believe  j  and  dlcfc^  Were  added  tt> 
the  former  clamours. 

"  Lord  Loudon,  in  the  confcioufncfs  of  his  own 
innocence,  ftemmed  this  torrent  of  calunonjr 
there;  but  probably  he  did  not  imagint  it  ever 
could  be  received  in  England*   '}  ,*  ; 

If  it  be  a  crime  to  prefer  the'public  fcrvicfe  i^ 
the  convenicncics  of.  a  few  privatfc  perfons,  it 
cannot  be  denied  that  lord  Loudon  has  been  guil- 
ty. If  the  care  of  thofe  forces,  whiclh  arc  ex- 
peaed  to  perform  the  grcatcft  exploits,  be  crimi- 
nal in  their  comnrtandcr,  this  nobleman  is  with- 
out excufc.  He  had,  bcforethis  great  affair  pf 
the  embMgo,  incurred  the  ill  wiU^  of  fomc  indt- 
viduals^  this  account :  and  it  muft  be  owiied, 
ihatAe  feems  on  that  firft  occafidn  to  have  oon- 
fidercd  the  foldicry  not  only  as  Valuable  members 
of  a  ftate,  but  a«  human  crdjitures.  Thefe  ar? 
his  crimes:  for  he  is  not  acciifed  of  others,  ex- 
cept by  perfons  who  are  too  low  for  anfwenng; 
aqdtQ  aU  thcfc  I  beUevp  he  will  plead  gailty. 


y 


%.  .JiF  t      «M»A-.«'4, 


««*iW4  ^.....M^.^'tffSillfaBte*         *'-'*L,-. 


3|pglin3  had  rcfiifed  to  jgive  quarters  to  the  HeU 
Mhs^  whom  (he  tiad  ca^e^  oyer  for  her  immedi- 
ate xkfence,  at  a  ijeafon  when  the  field  prefented 
only  death  to  them :  aqd  New-York^  faithful  to 
the  difgraceful  example  of  the. mother  coyqtry, 
woi^ld  have  expofed  to  death  with  as  little  remor(e 
the  troops  this  government  fent  thithei:  for  h^r 
protcdion,  and,  for  the  enterprife  dcfigncd  by  thfs' 
commander*. 

<5n  thiipccafion,  if  reafon  be  allowed  to  jud^^i 
|ord  Loudoi^s  conduct  may  be  fet  as  a  model  f'cjr 
all  ifuture  officers  in  the  like  circumflance. 
J. .  The  troc^s  the  government  had  fent  in  purfu- 
ancc  ofthepla|i|  arrived  after  the  wprft  hard- 
ships of  a  winter  s  voyage  :  and,  after  all  their 
fuilerings,  they  had  the  fpirit  to  lay,  that'^hcy 
complained  of  nothing,  fince  they  Knew  th«  fer- 
vice. required  it  ^  ,       . 

The  people^  though  they  had  been  fenfibie 
enough  of  thcfc  danger's,  and  though  they  looki- 
„ed  upon  theie  ti-oops  as  dcftined  f 0/  their  iafting 
fccurity,  y^  would  have  treated  them  with  a  rt- 
gour  difaraccful,  even  if  fhcwn  tpward  the  pri- 
fonci-s  of  aij  enemy :  the  public  lioufes  were  by 
uo  means  IbiRcicnt  for  tneir  reception  j  and  tp 
the  mofli;mild.>erMnftra^ces,  the  magiftracy  ai^- 
fwercd,  with  as  little  ^decehc^  as  feelings  that 
they  ihould  not  be  admitted  inte  private  ones. 
The  commahdcr  knew  cqudly  his  power, /and 
the  necefEty  of  the  fer^^ice'f  he;  ordered  them  ill 
a  fair  and  equal  difliribution  to  the  prjviate  as  weft 
as  publick  hdufes.    The  iiiagiftracy  4rififlfcd'^ah 
.    /  their 


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thcif  Hghts  and  privileges;  to  which  lord-Loa? 

don  oppofed  his  authority,  and  the-  necefllity  of 
the  fcrvice.    '  Thcy^  were  outrageous,  and  h^ 
;»ras  refolute.     He  always  fpoke  with  great  reft 
peft  of  theirnatural  and  political  rights  j  but  iui 
ivould  notjficrifipc  to  them  the  lives  of  the  foldieyiL 
His  tordffitjpcfurried  his^pointj  and  lie  then  tool? 
orders  for  the  good  b^ehaviour  of  the  foldlers.    In 
thi6  he  was  as  indefatigable,^^  he  had  bdtn  refo-» 
lute  in  giving  them  quarters  \ .  and  it  will  be  own* ," • 
ed  at  New -York  for  6%^,  in  fpitexven  of  preju4» 
dlceitfdf,  that  the  foldicrs  behaved  with  fo  per- 
fc<a  regularity  and  decency,  that  «hofe  who  ^ 
been  loudeft  in  the  oppofuion^  owned  aftei  >^drd8 
"they  fuftcrcd  no  hardlhip.    ^        f        ^'  -.-^ 
-^  Lctjus-Bow  ftirrly  review  thcfc  two  capWl  in- 
cidents.    It  was  on  thefe  thfe  commander  firft 
loft  the  good  will  of  fome  people  in  the  colonics  j 
and  thefe,  as  foon  as  they  found  encotiragemcnt 
from  England,  fpiead  the  mofl  unjuA  afpcrfions. 
.  Lord  Loudon  had  chc  honour  to  be  cntrufted' 
Whh  <he  conduft  of  a  very  important*^enterprize ; 
and  he  manifefted  a  due  care  and  a  becoming  fpi- 
Mt^irii  providing  in  thefe  two  inftances  for  the  pre- 
fcrvaiion  of  the  troops,  and  |br.  p^venting  that 
ooonrion  ib^jrce  of  difappointmcht  irfEngUlh  enter-, 
priices,  the  intelligence  of/ the  ^niy.    In  each 
of  thefe  cafes  fome  private  perils  fufTcred  incOn-^ 
leniencies:  and  therj  a(^re  fflpuths  in  which  a 
httlchardfhip-wiiriS^^ic^noud  complaint.     It 
ip  cnoiigh  to^fayi  thayjifc  diiadvan^ages  in  euch 
^Qtfe .  were  tht AesMtmt  could  be  expcfted ;  and 
l^at,  with  a  de^^mined  care  for  the.  fuccefs  of 

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i  4p^  teirtvfipriijs,  alk  poffible  itt^ritton  wa^  (liewii 
to  ilitt  intectft  'off  the  people.  The  embargo 
WisicoBtiniiefino  longer  than  the  neceflity  of  tkic 
fymm  Baquircd:  tmd  the  people  (ufFercdnQthin^ 
fr6rtli!r£Qeiyang:  their  delivcrerfi  into  tfieip  %0tifc^ 
Perhaps  they  fewedall  by  it.  The  fchomes.and 
pocpofesof  th€  enemy  ifoc  that  year's  campaigri 
ai%  noiir  knowa;  arid  their  difappointmcnt  wa» 
owing  fbldy  to  thcfc  fuccours;  fo  that  it  is  not  too 
ttHlch  to  '■  (ay,  that  the  numbers  of  thefc  forces, 
and"  thC'  dct^mined  fprrit  of  th^  codnmaoder  in 
chief  i  which . the  French^  alfo  tknew,  Hived  J^" 
Colonies  without  ili?il?.iiig  a  blow. :  If  they  iq^ 
what,  it  is  for  vav)Cpuatry  to  beth«ifeat  of  w^^ 
they  will  at  fength  underftand  what  arc  thofe  fer-» 
vices  of  a  force  which  deters  the  enemy  frcasi 'at- 
t&cking  them:  and  they  will  know,  what  thofo 
who  arc  fit  to  command  armies  always  fcriow^ 
ihat  much  raorefervice  may  in  (uch  cafes  be  done 
by  keeping  the^ccs  tc^ethcr,  than  even  by  the 

gaining  a  vidtdi^     j   ,  '  '      .         ."     *  v 

Whether  or  not  this  hasbeea  the  cafe  in  that 

quarter  of  the  world,  let  thofe ipeak  who, hiawe 

been  upon  the  fpot  at  the  time, :  others  talk  as 

tliey  are  inftoeiiced;  often  wickedly,  and  always 

ignorantly.     It  is  probable,,  that  wt  {hall  n®vp 

•    ^eedily  receive  the  news  of  viftorii^  and  acqui-! 

ficioBS  there  j  but  it  will  be  allowed,  that  the  0-» 

pcrationsr  of  the  prececdingc^^i&Q<^  have  1^^ 

\      the  foundation  cf  them,  and  lc|Mi)iitto  thfiltt^ 

'      and  no  man  will  have  ther  prefimpBon,  to:fay^ 

that  equal  advantalges  would  not  have  iollowiid^ 


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fqf  my  own  part,  and  I  am  not  altogether  un<^ 
^quainted  with  |he  civoumftances,  I  think  ^^ 
tainly  they  woii^df  aed  whm  I  recoUe^i  tfal 
fury  of  applai^icf  andygoed  opinion,  which, ae» 
^omp^nied  this  nobleman  on  his  undertaking  tht 
fbrvice  ;  and  fee  i)0  (lep  by  which  he  has  jtlftly 
forfeited  that  good  opinion*  or  deferved  even  1^ 
lighted  cenfure,  J  cannqt  join  Ithe  multitude  in 
difclaiming  my  firft  fentim^ntei:  but  rather  piiy 
the  w^aknefs  of  human  nature,  and  blufli  to  lee 
men  of  greater  abilities  carried  with  the  torrtnt, 
aiiid  sidopting  opinions  which  tibey  could  oo^  de- 
fend, /^t 

It  was  4h  article  of  high  knpottance  inihe  «» 
gtijation  of  this  enterprize,  that  ^  fle«fi  ot  can{i<^* 
derablc  forCc  ftioUld  fail  from  England  at  fiich  k 
feafon  as  to  join  its  influence  in  the  a^ion*.  The 
commander  in  chief  of  the  forces  knew  verjr  wcU, 
at  whftt  time  this  fleet  ought  to  f$il  from  England; 
and  when  it  might  reafonably  be  cxpe^ed  in  A^ 
merica.  Hi»  lordfliip  cdmputed  the  voyage,  as 
accurately  as  fuch  cir€umftanc«s  will  wimit  of 
computations  J  for  a  voyage  to.  Awierica  is  always 
longer  than  on«  from  thence  to  England :  and 
allowing  for  this  and  for  the  chance  of  winds,  bo 
computed,  that  they  rtiight  be  expedcd  the  Mt 
week  in  June.  "^  ■     ' 

Let  me  demand,  with  that  feir  freedom  whidi 

becomes  the  truthi  Can  any  man  fay  lord  Loudon 

sjudgcd  amifs  in  this  refpei^  ?  was  it  notreafon' 

ai^rThat  he  fh9^4  expe(^  the  £eet  at  ihat  tiniic^ 

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i^  ni^s^ii  ftttfertable  he  (hould  undcrtAe  wiih^ 
out  them.ari  cnterjjrize  of  fo  great  moment,  dnd 
in^wHicli  thjty  Wterc  deftined  to  have  fo  large  a 
Ihare  ?  Plain  as  the  anlwcxs  to  thcfc  qiieft  onsf 
'  A5«,r  the  demand  i^  not  the  left  neceffary.  Wtiatf- 
lime  heard  'oh^'?ted  to  the  conduit  of  this' 
nbbleman,  has  arifen  either  from  want  of  know* 

•  |edge.of  the  mbft  plain  fa^ls,  or  from  a  refolution 
to  conceal  that  knowledge.     Tbenanfwcr  to  all 

'^5  cavils  is  (o  plain,  a  man  of  teafon  is-alnk^f^ 
a{hamed  to  make  it  j  but  they  (hould  bluih  who 
Jiave  rendered  it  neceflary.'^'-'  ' 
- .  .Much '  more  might  be  feid  :  and  may  bs  If 
fartiicroccafion  calls;  but,  for  the  fati? faction  of 
the  ;difiniereiled  public,  thie  will  be  fufficient, 
-  .':Wc 'have  iVen  the  ftate'of  the  enterprize,  it5 
depcfkienceuppn  a  fleet  from  England,. and  the 
regular  cxpe^ation  oi  that  reinforcement.     Let 
lis  revietrthe  ^otiduiSl  bf  lord  Loudort,  even  to 
the  "floinuicft  article  >  for  what  If  honourable  wilt 
bdiE  dp,  and>be-'ft)ore  itfelfi  the  ftri<iter  is  the 
triaK     it'wiiltiie^ais  gold  from  the  furnace,  the 
more  pare  and  ^  rfeft  ffof  thefc  ftrift  enquiries. 
r  The  troops  wjio  had  arrived  in  the  dupth  of 
winter,  had  been  rccruittd  and  i  efrefhcd  by  three 
months  reft  and  food  in  their  quarters,  when 
the;  prcparatipf(  Wa«  to  be  begun  for  the  fervicc, 
Th'cle   quarters  and  this  rcti  clhmint   we  have 
/hewn  they  owed*  to  Uxrd  Loudon  :  the  people 
vouid  have -left  them  in  the,  Ihecis  to  perifh. 
The  Ipiiit  andckttrnired  roiblutioii  with  which, 
(U^Aiah  miua:  iSaC  iotcllt  language,  ius  Lordihip 

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h»6  infift^a  on  this  point,  againft  the  tnaglftrt^ 
jind*peoplc,  doobtlcls  have  made  him  many  cne* 
mies  there  i  bit  they  ought  to  have  pro0ure^ 
him  more  friends  here  ;  and  to  have  endeared 
him  for  ever  to  the  army.        - ;   "  ^   'j^ 

It  was  plain  thofc  people  would  ehdeiv6Ur:to 
diifreprefcnt  his  aftions  j  but  their  fource  of  cn- 
Tttity,  which  continued  not  the  Icfs  violent  tho' 
concealed,    ihould  have  been  always  confidere^ 
hcfe  s  and  their  accounts  judged  accordingly. 
The  tranfports  became  the  next  confidei'altion  •* 
and  It  was  computed,  that  about  nir5ety  woul4 
be  Efficient  for  the  embarkation.     Timely  cai^^^ 
was  taken  of  thist  the  government  was  not  put 
to  a  ncedleft  expcnce,  by  keepiftg  them  in  pay 
a  long  while  before  they  were  wanted ;  nor  waj 
the  preparation  left  to  the  laft  moment.    A*  ^* 
was  poflible  ihe  fleet  from  England  might  arrive 
fooficr  than  the  computation,  ninety  veffeli  for 
jrhisfervice  were  rekdy  by  the  firft  week  in  May, 
J^nd  wcre^t  together  at  New- York,  with  ordcn 
t(>  be  in  rcadincfs  to  receive  the  forces.    Th« 
was  the  condufi  of  the  general  i  and  let  me  isk 
thofe  who  would  find  fault  throughout  hia/prp* 
cecdings,  What  in  this  was  wrong.  What  Was  ill». 
judged,  or  What  they  would  w lib  othcc^ife?  H 
is  thus  we  have  defired  them  to  ejwmine  th^ 
whole  condudt  of  the  cnterprizc,  and  thus  we 
fiiall  defire  they  will  continue  the/examination. 
1  hat  thefe  thingt  arc  true  as  thevare  here  repre- 
fented,  is  notorious :  and  hovv/could  ihey  have 

bccn.djfcttcdbeuer?  *       // 

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^L*f|dX-oudoti»  held  all  things  thus  m  readme^ 
rfqrtniglit,  waiting  with  tl^it  impatience  wjiich. 


^Idnot  but  ar^le  m,  the  hre?ft  ptja  comn^ah4er 
wBia  ]ov<d  hi^;  cpuntry,,  and  haci  concerted  n^jear^ 
iures  for  rendering  Her  the  moil;  iipportantfervicc^ 
^^hc  arrival  pf  the  fleet  from  ^inglarid,  ,  r 
^,  Though  towjard  the  end  of  May  they  wpr« 
not  arrived,  as  every  day  brought  the  utpioftj^^ 
Slits  of  the  computation  noaner  and  nearer,  ^he^ 
^ces  werljin  the  Vi^.weei^<;if'tl^t;n|lom^ 
oercd  to  embark^  ,,      ,.  ,•  \r 

■  This  was  done  with  ^good  order  and  due  expe-*' 
flUtion.  They  arrived  at  Sandyhook  on  theficft^ 
day  of  Junej  and  the  fifth  of  that  month>  ijij^ 
limexjf  utmoft  confutation  for  the  arrival  ^f|! 
£t|^ii^  flect^  lord  Loudon  .d(o  embarkedr ,  | 
|w«»ight  be  in  rcadinc^  to  iail  pn  it's  arriyaJU^^ 
:^.Hithorto  letM^  askpartidity  itlcjf,  yiz^  thtt^ 
%nj  ^ukin  the  cpnduaof  lord  t'QU<^on;or€Ottkl 
there  lany  be  piictended  in  it  ?  Is.  it  not  evii^n^ 
|ha^  his  force  w?s.^eadiy,  and  himfclf  re  %,  to 
a<^  ^n  the  arrival  o'the  4cet|  and  vHO^W:*hey 
aave  Jbad  him  iail  without^^tem  ?  ;       / 

>^  While  the  preparations  i^crip  making  at  New- 
York,  for  our  troops  embarking,  news  came,  fcbf  6 
ihe  French  hajia  Cqijiadroa  pf  fpme  force  cruifing 
off  Halii^x :  U»at  they  were  4k  (hips  of  war,  fiv«' 
9f  ihcm  of  the  line)  and  t^  ^hcy  were  deftinc4 
to  Loui5»bourg.  The  intf:l|ig^ae,  wliich  camd 
cxprefs  from  Bofton^  was  confirmed  by  ,ihc  crews 
^f  ftjme  .prja&r.wWch  faad  failcn  into  thc.htnd^ 
of  the  privateers  of  Nevv-Yojiks  their  tcftinjjw)( 
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jsdating  txf  tlie  number  and  fbrde  of  ^e  IhM 
concurring  with  the  account  fromourowtt  pcopld^ 
^f  he  ficet  froaa  EnglantI,  e»ga^4xpe^ed,  was 
not  yet  arrived.     What  was  tLe  Coaitnan4cr:^ 
the  land-forces  to  doi  Gould  be  with  his  tranill 
ports  and  theimail ;  ibpport  of  ^Ihip*  of  war  ihtil 
attemisd  them,  proceed  againA;  fnch  a  forci  ^ 
there  is  none  fo  ra{h  or  ignorant nt/to^y  it* ^*  ^  '^ 
oAU'thatcotild  be  done  vna  (Hm«  s  two  fiiipt 
of  war  fent  ou^  lo  view  the^  cdaf^i'  the  tvanfporii 
abiainingat  a^chofv^     ^    '    « ^nH  t.;  -  uM 

Theyc^pwai  now  ad vamcoi  toward  ihelaHef 

dnd  oB  June :  and  the  ie«ifoa>  o^ tho  campaign,  10 

whichfo^nouch  was  to  'be  done,  became  cotii 

traced  into  very  natfqw'  UtniiSi     Lord  Lovidotiy 

who  had  formed  the  pkttk,  and  from  his  know» 

ted^«of  ill  d^rcuvDfbnce^  hsd  Ity  greail  exp^gto^ 

t^sirom  it,  poHdd  the  hours?  kmpioyed  in  vhlf 

necitilai'y  Aep,  in  greai  impatience:  at  length  thelll 

dviM^eturnedJ  find  had  fcea  nothing  of  tl^  cne^i 

}  llie  operations  oFthe  campaign,  the  hope  id 

advaiKf^'to  England  from  aili  this  preparation^ 

l^ung  now  almo(^  ^pon  a  point  of  time,  a  modxnU 

r  To  f^il  was  not  without  haiard  >  but  to  deU^ 

long^  was  to  givr  op  all.    If  fuch'  a '  force  of  ch# 

crnemy,  as  had  been   reprefcmedi  {hould  hvne 

fallen  in  with  the  tranfports,  the  event  mufthavKi 

been  dreadful ;  but  there  was  Hope  they  mij*h| 

not,  finct^tfc  (hips  lent  out  on  purpofe  hid^ot 

•fcenthem.  ■,.-:■  -^rr.-uu 

Lord  Loudon,  wgcd  by  this  profpeA  of  faoi 

cefs,  and  by  the  certain  mifchiefef  a  longer  ^ 

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kyv  failed  On  the  twentieth  of  June;  and  he  titm 
tivefdln  te» jdiysiiit  Halifiix.  >  j^       i       t 

ai,  Jfcrfedlhi:thc«x|»'^ation<>f  the  Engliflt  floet's 
^Qixufig)  lord.Loudon,  who.  h^d  waited  hour  hf. 
hpur  while  he-lajr.  at  Sabdyhdokj  for  it*!^  'appiear«ii 
fDjOe,  never  doubtedt  but  in*  the  ti^ne  ofhisiail<« 
jiig  from  theiice  to  .Halifax  they  would  arrives 
but  even  ^hia  thought  was  vain.  He  made  the 
dangerous  voya^  fuccefsfully ;  but  he  fou^  no 
icct,  nor  had  tjiffcleaft  notice  of  any^    :    '\  n  .  Vv 

Delays  in  England,  and  contrary  winds  in  the 
psnafecv  kept  a«5nkal  Holbourn  from  North  "A- 
Utepct  till  the  fecond  week  in  July.  >  I  do  not 
know  that  there  is  any  acciifation  ^rly  to  be  laid 
fgainft  tho(e  who  were  expedted  to  prevent* the 
dflfiyat  honsue:;  and  certainly  the  winds  are  fun«^ 
ContTOulable :  but  whatfoever  prevented  this  Acet 
item  arriving  at  the  expe^ed  time  in  <  Americtyf 
prevented  alfo  the  fuccefsful  execution  of  th^  pro« 
je^t.  The  prefent  fleet  has  faikd  under  more 
liappy  aufpices  ;rithas  reached  the  deftination 
inpre  than  two  months  earlier  than  that  did  which 
(hould  have  fupported  the  operations  of  lord 
Loudon  ;.  and  as  we  judge  with  realon  that  the 
delay  of  that  fleet  prevented  our  fucccfs,  we  may 
with  equal  juftice  promife  ourielves  that  glory 
from  the  prcfeut  expedition,  which  it  was  im- 
pofl[ible  to  reap  in  the  other. 

Lord  Loudon  found  at  Halifax  the  deftihed  re* 
inforccment  of  fhips  and  men  ;  and  he  landed 
hii  foldiers,  and  encamped  them  on  an  advan- 
tageous grouQd. 

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■  A11  tWs  fiibe  the  eagerly  expcdbsd  fleet  was 
ftVent.  His  tordOiip  kep(  the  men  employed  ki 
clearing  ground  for  a  parade^ .  and  afterwards 
tn  regularly  eiscrcifing  them  uppn  it,  and  in  mak- 
ing every  other  preparation  that  could  be  necef- 
fary  or  ufeful  in  the  fuccceding  time  of  a«!ftioiy. 

At  laft  the  fleet  arrived ;  not  in  a  body,  hut 
(hip  by  (hip,  as  the  ^yinds  apd  feas  permitted.  Ju- 
ly was  wafting  fa  ft  ;  and  every  motion  required 
now  the  moft  preffihg  hafte.  The  fi^rft  ftcp  to- 
ward the  attack  of  Louisbourg  was  to  learn  the 
ii!at«  of  the  place  at  that  inftant,  tbe  force  apd 
condition  ^f  the  enemy,  and  the  feveral  circunS- 
ftanccs  which  might  give  ligUt  Into  the  beft  me- 
thod of  attack. 

Veffels  had  from  time  to  time  been  fent  out  to 
this  purpotei  aq^d  now  fome  of  the  beft  failing 
ones  m  the  fleet,  with  the  moft  experienced  pi- 
lots on  board,  were  di^tched  with  the  two  great 
inftrudions,  a  careful  examwadon,  and  a  <|uic^ 
return. 

In  the  mean  time  the  care  lay  in  preparing  Ac 
land  forces  for  the  attack.  The  number  amount- 
ed to  about  eleven  thoufand ;  but  a  great  part  of 
thefe  were  new  to  the  profeflioa  of  arois,  and 
Ignorant  of  the  duty. 

The  firft  bufinefs  had  been  to  give  them  the 
rudiments  of  their  inftruftion,  on  their  landing  at 
Halifax  ;  and  they  were  now  praftifcd  in  the  me- 
thodsT  of  attack  i  and  accuftomed  to  the  fmell  of 
powder,  by  repeated  reprefentations  of  regular 
lieges  j  in  which  every  incident  that  could  occur 
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in  a^ual  fcrvice  was /hewn  them  ;  and  all  thofe 
'things  which  might  have  thrown  them  into  con- 
fufion  in  the  aflault,  by  their  novelty,  were  ren-  * 
dercd  familiar  by  the  examples,  conduabd  with 
the  moft  perfed  regularity  in  thefe  exercifes. 

This  was  the  employment  of  the  land  force, 
while  intelligence  was  fought  by  the  (hips :  and 
by  this  theinen  were  fo  well  taught  their  duty, 
andfo  familiar  with  every  article  in  the  attack  of 
an  enemy,  ihat  perhaps  from  a  body  in  great 
part  raw  and  undifciplmed,  they  were,  by  the 
end  of  that  fhort  interval,  fuch  as  it  would  be 
difficult  to  equal  in  many  armies^      - 

It  "does  not  appear  to  me,  that  a  better  ufe 
could  have'  been  made  of  the  time  neteflarily, 
employed  in  gaining  intelligence ;  nor  can  it  ap- 
pear to  any,jhatLocmbourg  {hould  have  been  at- 
tacked before  this  information  was  obtained. 
There  is  nbman  ib  loft  toreafon.  Yet  this  is  by 
fomc  ftrange  artifice,  and  by  a'more  ftrange  con- 
dud  in  the  geAerality,  attributed  to  the  com- 
mander in  chief  as  a  crime  J  and  he  is  thought 
blameable  for  it.  This  alfo  gave  occafibn  to  the 
gallant  impatience  of  an  officer  in  high  comm- 
mand  ;  which  I  yet  think  dcferved  applaufe,  not 
cenfure  j  much  lefs  the  harfli  fteps  which  a  coun- 
cil of  war  thought  proper  to  take  upon  that  oc- 
cafion. 

He  who  blames  eagernefs  in  the  troops,  con-  , 
demns  what  he  ought  of  all  things  to  encourage  * 
and  applaud.     The  earneft  valour  of  the  officers 
is  of  the/ame  true  ilamp,  and  of  the  fame  high 

charadcr ; 


, 


^-^-v 


, 


charaft^r }  the  rcgulatifji?8  of  tlw  fervjcc  will  .al- 
ways prevent  its  gqing  tpq^foa^a  Icogthj; mdM 
is  a  good  prf^age  of  wcqe^,ia  aiftion.  ,  i  , 
The  fe  are  to  wiih  for  the  e^g&gemept,  but;,  lit 
is  thecomm^ndcf  in  c;jii,ef  ^ho  is  19  dcte^ipine 
when  to^pntcr,  MPPn  it.  ,r  HP?'  yajovir  ihpuld.be  of 
another ,  cai^  and  ch^r^i^r,  tcnypercfi  with  tcool 
thougl^C  ap4  uoicr  the  abfol^j*  coiitroul  of  tUf 

He  alone  js  tp  ^etejjfnin^jWH^A  ^^^  i"^;  wlja^ 
manner  to  ^ta^qk  the  epemy.  ;^  his  plaqe  an4tofScc 
give  him  this^  a^thprjty  5  af^d,  the  firft  prwjfe  j^ 
thore  who  are  yi^der  hiip;\  in  cpounand,  is  ac.quief'; 
ycnce  ipihis,ppio]o^s,  ,wiih  o  y; ,,/  ,  ; 

^.'  T^^r^Pf^fi,  '9?^crciiei  ,af)4  conft^nt  emp^y- 
IJient  oi[  the  troops  in  tfiefe  attacks,  had  railed  in 
thpm  a  fp4n,t9fearneftdc%^[tj>,enfer.on. the  real 
fervice  ;  and  it  is  no  wpnder  ^heir  p£lcef  $  hr^thk 
ed  the^fan^e  generpus-^dpur^  Jlhink  it^jpti^y  ,be 
faid,  within  tne  bounds  0^  ippd^it  truihiUbaiii'o 
tnah  in,thfi..army^dcfired,^tbi?  opport'^nity  pf  .^nn 
taring  upon  adtion,  noore  earneflly  than  loid  Lptk-^ 
4qp^  buxia.l^in^  it  was  a  defire  tempered  with  a* 
djipufand  cautions*  th^  Wf,pf  the  men,;[thci 
fuccefsiof  tbe"cntcrpri?e,  tKc  glory  of  his  cp^a-< 
try,  ai^d  her  wnj^edia^e  an^  ipoil  important,  ki*. 
terefts,'  depended  fol^fy  i|p(;^  ];^m:  heTnuftaAr) 
fyver  itjo  Qpd  and  to  his:'9Pun,trj,  jif;  alijw;s^*qpt 
conduced  rightly,  ani  tne,,lc;aft  overfightijof :^8 , 
might  coft  the'  lives  of  tijie  n^cn,  and  4>c^v»ry 
hope  pf  the  caufe,       ...rrlL-  rni-.n 

For  thefe  rcafons  he  carneftly  fought  the  nc- 
ccflary  intelligence ;  and  certainly  the  managc- 

D  z  ment 


-V  f       j'^^t'P  ■KT'^    'KVPiS'      -.f.-,-*  iM'>*^'=l^    -^SflSS'W-^-  -f.'»i**ff*W' *?   «V»    "it     -"^^    y  fiT- -^■«^"  ■S*"" 


,r 


/i^ 

..^^^» 


[28] 

ment  and  employment  of .  the  force  while  he 

"Waited  for  it  f  hoWcver  fomc  men,  in  whofe  mrfitis 

^Uiiery  takes  the  pliu;e  of  tckfati;  may  have  r^- 

•rfcfented,it)  was  the  xaod  rational  thiit  could 

ia»fe'bcendei^iled?-V   'r  -^^-  -'.^■^^' ^  ■■■^     . 

"'The  foldters  thbtigbt  fo ;  and  they  found  th^ 

«ff^<a«'oif  i^,  in  ftith  in  improvement  ^^as  ne- 

^tfr^inadt  iii  a  like  body  df  troops  in  eqtial  time  i 

the  pi^ople  felfo'thdb|p;lit  ft  whb  were  on  the  fpot. 

It  was  an  a6k  of  which  ev^ry,  naan  yould,  judge  j 

i«)d  alt  Voices  Were  urtarilmou^  fh  appfoving  it. 

-  ^  if  4t  Cfiitid  be  charged  tipori  ibrd  Loudon  that 

htpMmata  m  tkttfeoFw^lti^^for  thisimelU* 

gencei  and  that  he  H^d  cfmhtedTticH  meims  of  it 

as  were  before  Jri  bft  ^po^er/ there  wuld  be  juft 

gtrotfftil for  this  c!ehflrr<:  buf  it  fe  irotorbus  that 

tfrafe  lidti  it\i  cafe,  -  Oi^f.  a^empt^'foi-  intelligent 

were  iihhapplly  delitycd  and  difappplnt^d  i  bii^ 

thefe  mifefaan^f e$  Ih  the  ^  execution  '^cinhot  hy 

blait>e  *ipon'  thecJomtti^dfei' whQ,gaYe  th<  orders.' 

This  a^d  thi«  only  fe  the  qu^iftion  with  relation 

to  hit Ibtdmip;  Did  h^br  did  he  libt  dijf^tch  veP 

fck^i  propel  tittiesi  attd  with'  prtjper  Inftf u«J|iohs; 

on'tos  impbrtaritfe^Vjte?  l^is^bidft  evidebt  that' 

h«aid:^ahd  this'was  all  he  could^^dt);  '  We  cah* 

n^ttidrc  charge  u^oti  Wd  JUoudiin  ibc  ill  lack' 

of  ihbfe  he  fent  ottt  for  this  pf0rp6f(j,  than  the 

defeyofihefengUfhiieet.   ,      ^        ;'  i 

It  48tmairi  thk  lUeh  i  fleet,  the  force  and 

ddlinatibn  of  which  *w^re  fettled  fo  Idng  before, 

nllght-hffve  arrived  in  North  Arherida  at  a  much, 

earlier  period ;  an4  in  that  qafe  rbe  tihie  necefta- 

./  .■     .  ;      •      •^,'-'-  •  •      ,  :    . 


f 


^^^^^^^^s^^^^^^s^^mmtis^^^^Bm 


tiS-'SffK** 


J 


,     .       C  ?5r  1 

rj;  for.gainin|irjt^lj^cnCy  Would  not  hav^fw^^ 
idweH  up  the  tfafori  fit  jfor  a^iorv^  but  it  is  iipi  * 
IbrdLoudon's  fault  the  fleet  from  England  canjit  ' 
fa  mu^h  tyo  lattf  l^e  rcould  do  no  fnpre  th^n tget 
j<i'  rca^jnefs  to  a£t  w^th  it  wh(?n  it  ft^uid  st^rwf  j 
arid  ^^e  wa?  in  th^t  rfja^iocfp.  Th^  %im  P^.^i^^ 
m^'  intelligence  i>et^yeeh  the 'arrival  of  the  flep^^ 
and  the  enVeriKg^uponarfiori,'|i^uft 
ahep'ci&ry,  period  |if  delay,  h^  all- w      weigU 
the  a^iqn.'  Thls'cQuld  npfc  bcrccrcnched  By  lof3 
toudoni  the  only  queftion,  wKiqhean  regard  Wi 
Iord(hijp-s  eondw^j  ^ is^  whether  hf  .pfplqnged  it!^^ 
Let  this  beex^roin^Jtri^ly,.  feirjit.will.'be  tol^ltj 
advaritage  every  ariiclc'fliould  Be  if^j  fcri^t^ij^^  « 
hut  let  us  fet  out  juAly,  The  time  was  proloitge^ 
beyond  all  expedationr  but  lord  jLoudoli  ai^ 
more  prolonged  it,  than  he  delayed, the, flt^et^,^,^ 

It.  is  allowed,  intelligence  was  nece^ry  ti'Qm 
tiriie  .to  time,  and  molt  cflential  of  all  before 
^e  entering  upon  a^ion.  Lord  Loudon  ^d[ 
from.tiipe  t;o  tipae  fought  an4  obtained  it,  anJt 
juft  before  -ihe  engaging  in  the  fer^ce, .  he  djfT; 
patched  fwlft-fail|ng  vc&ls,  and  good  pilots, 'ijci, 
obtain  it,  and  tq  m^e  a]fpeedy.return«  Soou^ 
time  muftejapfc  in  this  employment  i  and  dvir«j 
ing  this  time,  his  lordihip  exercifed  and,  ^cuiTn 
tomed  the  forces  to  the  iiitended  fervice*  Tttii, 
w^6  not  cenfured.^iar  otherwife  -,  it  was  applaud- 
ed, ..  But  the  time  oAyaitir.g  wj^s  protra^ied,  and 
when  the  in lel licence  wai  flow,  l^e  wascenfured 
as  ii  he  had  been  the  caufe  } ,  and  the  employ^ 
ment  of  the  troops  in  mock  fights  And  counter- 

.    ^  feit 


^^^^M 


mmtumi^iiLii^Mk 


,<t 


»{, 


Ui^ 


I 


.  thofe  who  ha<^  btH^te  appUu4ii  it.    $p  light  w 
htiftmn  natural      ,  - »  ^ 

'^  If  this^employment  ofthcfoldiers  wa«  reafon- 
kBt^'at  fl^ft,  it  cotitd  not  be  ridiculous  aftcrwaVdsj 
If^^as  bnc^  right,  It  could  nojt  becofne\yfongg 
wiifelfs  by  wafting  ufeful  timeiipbn  itl  But  tbt 
ijttic  could  hoft  DC  ufeful  till  the- intelligence  ar* 
h^i  atid  tlib  cenfun  wa?  therefore  nioll  Unfaijfi^ 
'th^  coriimander  In  chiisf  prdfefed  'thefe  excrcifes 
for  the  ihftf uftion  ahd  improvej?i^nt  of  theibl^i-i 
^tf;'  in  a  time  oi"  jna^^ion  ;  this  inadtibn  was^c* 
^i^ary  while  the?  mtelligence  was  fou|ht,  and 
it  cbuld  bot  but  continue  till  the  intefli^nce  ar* 
rived.  Theit  could  be  no  bett^r'or  rj;r^|iB  ufefuj 
^ployment  of  the  fo^diers  during  tha4f  .period, 
and  it  was  not  continued  any  longfer.  *  - 

^  One  ajigoft  blufhes  to  ftate  propofitions  which 
^'i^  !ri  themfdyes  fo  cleafj^  fo  largely;  but  there 
mnb  other  way  to  combat  th^popukr  clamour. 
.Tftfey  who  hive  been  fo  rarl^as  to  cenfuire  this 
commander,  either  do  not  tinderftand'  thefe 
Aings,  tho'  they  are  fo  plkin^i  dr  they  affeanot^ 
to'fcc  them  cl^rJy.  Jt  is  i^ccciTary  therefore  to 
ftate  them  as  thpy  are  j  cither  to  convinpe  thofe 
pciifpns,  or  to  (h^W  the  publjc  that  tiiey  ad^gkinft 
<6tivi<aion.         :  i-  / 

With  regard  to  the  delay.  Itfelf,  now  Irf'the 
impartial  htfar  the  reafonsi  The  very  day  the 
commander  in  chief  came  to  Halifa^i,  the  moft 
experienced  jjllbt  of  the  place,  captain  Gbram, 
w.as  finglcd  out  fop  the  important  fervicc  of  gain- 
*  ing 


'^m' 


IP 


yii]gintel%enc6  of  the  enemy's iftrehgth  andrMk 
dittbn.  His  orders  were,  exprefs,  and  they  vfk^ 
^^^..pUed  diligent  enqi^iry,  and  a  quick  return.  Hie 
found  in  the  harbqqr  of  Lovii^hetiTgipurteen  ihips 
of  war;  ten  of  the  line,  the  others  frigates:  thi? 
was  the  condition  of  the  enen^y  before  the  arrivid 
of  the  Britifh  fleet ,  and  I  fup^ofe  mt  moft  fevere 
accufer  of  this  ^eneralV  condud  will  allow,-  all 
.that  he  could  dp  was  to  gain  intelligence^of  it. 
There  is  none  wlio  would  have  had  him  entei; 
on  the  attack  againft  this  force,  and  without  the 

fleet. .-  '    ^  '    '    °  *"/'■:•"•'  ' 

The  tinjie  of  waiting  for  the  EnglKh  (hips  was 
fo  conficJerable,  tb^t  great  alterations  in  the  4a^te 
of  the  enemy's  affairs  might  have  been  m^de  in 
that  period:  therefore  frefh  knowledge  of  their 
flrength  was  afterwards  neceflary.  .Captain  Rou$ 
was  then  fent  out  in  the  Succefs,  and  two  ve0pls. 
.of  lefs  force,  with  one  of  the  tranfports,  the  beft 
failor  among  them. '  Intelligence  from  this  fource 
'"%2s  of  thehighefl  importance,  and  the  dcfign  was 
excellent  for  obtaining  it.  The  tranfport  was  to  he 
fent  as  clofe  into  the  piouth  of  the  harbour  a^s  ]^^.. 
iible,  that  the  French  might  take  her  for  a  prize^ 
this  would^  naturally  have  brought  outj  a  pibt: 
and  they  were  tq.  have  qome  back  with  him  to 
the  general  and  commander  of  the  fleet. 
'  If  this  failed,  and  he  (hould  be  chafed  by  the 
ihips  of  war,  the  orders  were  for  the  fliips  in  the 
offing  to  get  between  the  enemy  and  land,  and 
take  up  any  vefTel  they  (hould  fee,  that  the  people 
jxiight  be  examined  for  the  neceilary  intelligence. 

The 


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./" 


1     \ 


^  ' 


<^'2. 


m 


>/  I' 


J: 


>A 


^'^' 


•  ^The1?6j^l^afcr  in  cliief  ci^  hav(ijnothbri.ftj 
imlWfcr  (W,  ftxantbis  plarf  of  fetvice,  and  thcfc 
btdcTt.  Wq  kHo^  the  jiian  was  not  ejcecuteci, 
and  the  orders  were*  not  pundually  followed' ; 
but  this  lies  not  at  his  ddor:  npr  indeed  at  any 
man's.  There  feenmed  a  better  oppbrtunily  6f 
jntelligcnce  to  offer,  and  the  purfuit  6f  that  pre- 
vented the  other.  All  that  regards  lord  Loudon* 
Is  the  propriety  of^this  dcfign  for  gainitig  itj  and 
.that,  we  may  prefumc,  iione/  wiH  atteiiipj;  to. 
blamej  it  is  certain  none  there  blamed  it  j  a^d 
they  were  better  judges  than  any  can  be  herti. 

Tfiat  the  conftrfiatider  in  chief  was  fully  detec- 
inined  to  attack  the  French,  upon  the  ftatc  of 
evidence  firft  brought  in  by  captain  Goram,  none 
pretend  to  doubt  j  nor  can  it  befaid  that  any  ne- 
ceflary  or  proper  meafure  tcndirig  to  that  purpofc 
Vas  omitted.     The  arrival  of  the  fleet  waa  to 

five  the  means,  of  the  attack  J  ahd  aU  that  could 
e  done  now,  was  to  have  every  thing  in  rcadi^ 

After  this  all  wad  condudfced  in  the  6mtf  man- 
her'/  and  the  laft  day  of  July  all  the  tranfports 
were  ordered  in  divifions  to  the  weft  (horc,  and 
to  have  the  boats  ready  for  receiving  the  tirbops; 
a  proper  number  of  'men "  draughted  from  the 
Halifax  regimerits  were  fent  on  board  the  men 
of  war  J  and  the  whole  force  had  orders  to  he 
teadyforembarking^at  an  hour's  notice.  The 
next  day  all  die  troqps  were  ^mbarked,  councils 
were  held  for  the  immediate'  <:ondud  of  the  en- 

terprizr. 


.p;^| 


thcfe 
cutedf 
wed' ; 
if  any 
ily  6f 

it  pTC- 

Luaon^ 
}  and 
[pi  to. 


ere. 
detec- 
atc  of 

none 
ny  ne- 
urpofe 
va&  to 

could 
read!'!' 

man- 

ifports 
:,  und 
rbops; 
m  the 
e  men 
to  be 
The 
>uncils 
lie  cn- 
rprizci 


tcrpnae,  and  a  Hoop  of  war  was  di{p'»tf  hf d  «o 
^giand,  with  inte^pnqc  of  all  that  had  paflc;i 
.  jht  Succcfs,  wnqir captain  had  the  command 
.of  the  (hips  fent'put  for  intelligence  a  full  fort* 
night  hetore,  thought  he  had  fallen  in  with  rea-* 
dier  means  than  thofe  contrived  for  this  purpofe: 
two  yefleis  came  in  (iehtas  he  failed  toward  Lou* 
kbourg,  wJbich  by  alt  mai  jcs  aiid  charc^^ers  ap-> 
pcar.ed  to  be  a  privateer  fchoonei  of  tic  enemy, 
with  a  frigate  of  Louisbourg.  The  captain  put 
himfelf  in  fuch 'poiition  that  they  could  notfcape 
biimi  and  while  he  puriued  them,  difpatched 
llhe  tranfport  back  to  acquaint  the  governor  what 
fortune  had  thrown  into  his  way. 

When  he  came  up  with  thefe  vcflels,  his  hopes 
of  information  vanifhed :  he  had  the  misfortune 
to  find,  that  all  his  zeal  and  earneflnefs  for  the 
^rvice  had  only  fervcd  to  lead  him  into  an  error. 
The  veiTcis  were  an  Englifh  privateer  with  a  prizes 

What  added  to  this  ill  fortune,  was,  that  the 
^nlpott  being  gone,  it  was  impofTible  for  hiin 
to  execute  the  firft  intended  plan.  He  lougiit 
by  ^very  means  to  repair  the  mifchance,  and  fuc- 
ceeded  fo  far,  as  to  take  a  fifhing  vedel  newly 
come  from  Louisbourg,  which  he  carried  inio 
Halifax. 

The  intelligence  thefe  people  gave,  flrengthen- 
ed  the  refolution  of  imniediateLy  attacking ^the 
place,  and  gave  that  fpirit  and  eager  expectation 
tp  the  forces,  which  rife  from  certainty  of  fii<  ctfs. 
They  confirmed  in  every  inibnce  the  truth  of 
^ptain  QonM|iVj64l  acpojunti  as>  to  thq  fia  e  of 
•      ,  i  '  things 


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5. 


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.      [  34  ]     -      -     ^      .     . 
'ihings  at  the  time  when  he  gave  It;  ^nd  they  rcpr^- 

fentea  tKem  in  i'  y^t  fairer  light'  fof  otfr  ^nter- 
pfife  at  prefent;'.  The  account  the  people  ob- 
lairie4  from/this  irit^HrgeiTpe  was,  that  of  the  ifoar- 
teen  fhips  of  war  feen  there  by  captain  .<}oram,^ 
one  half  \vere  fent  to  Cinada^;  the  cheirtiy  ribt 
ha^ng  penetrated' into  the  fecret  of  our  pUrp6fes^» 
nor  knowing  where  wc  ddftined'the  attiick.  The 
garrifori^ot  Ldujfbourg;,  they  added,  wastiot  nxore 

than  three  thoufand  fncn^     

'  All  now  confpi^cd  tb  aninnfati ; aiTti  endouttgi^ 
ihetroops ;  an'd^N^ei'^  meafute^ris  takepfdr  t^e 
ifnediate  execution  of  the  great  dcfign  :  the  forces 
were , embarked,  the  Veilels  ready,'  and  Gab^rott 
bay,  near  the  harbopt'of  Louisbcyutg/  vC'is  app6ijit- 
cd  as  the  rendezvous 'in  j:afe  of  feparation.  '' 

-  I  fuppbfe  it  vrill  be  allowed,  ,that  the  attacking 
or '  hcit  attacking  Louisbourghiuft  have  been  \ti  ^ 
reaf6A  detcrniindd  by  the  force  there :  what  out " 
own  fttength  was,  we  firfedly  kriow  ;  and  upon 
the  Irrt^ligence  now  ftited,thefe  waS  ftir  rcafontp 
pror^ife  ourfelves  faccefs.  Under  thefe  circnai- 
ftantcs  the  attack  was  refolvcd ;  ahd  under  thefe 
itVould  have  been  executed:  but  other  intelli- 
gence arrivc'd  the  next  day  but  ohc  j  and  nccef- 
larily  occafioned  other  mcafures.  ^ 

Captain  Coram,  fent  Out  a  fccond  time,  was 
not  yet  returned ;  and  early  on  the  fourth  of 
Auguft,  a  French  prize  was  brought  in:  (he  had 
been  fcnt  from  Loui^bourg,  and  was^bound  to 
Frar^ce:  her  bufincfs Was  to  cariy  intelligence, 


anti  ihc  WiS  taken,  with  her  paperi^ 


Thefe 


V  <Jf    A^'^t    *'  ),X 


'  ^iJk^skM 


>iii^li(^^m^ 


^      -   ™.\isg«. 


•cprjfe- 

«•  ob- 
four- 

jr  riot 

pofesi 

The 

more 

)r  tne 
forcel 
bcrott 
joint- 

:king 
!cn  i5 
It  out 
upon 
fontp 
cQai- 
thefc 
itelli- 
icccf- 


,  was 
:h  of 
chad 
id  to 
ence, 

rhefe 


'  Thcfc  gave  a  certainand  a  true  account:  a!py 
might  be  deceived  j  but  thofe  who  wrote  home 
an  account  of  the  ftate  and  ftrength  of  the  place, 
muft  know  it.  'I  his  was  certain  intelligence ;  the 
reft  was^conjeaure.  By  this  it  appeared;  that 
'there  w6re  then  in  the  harbour  of  Louisbourg 
twenty-ninefhipsof  war,  feventeen  of  them  oT 
the  line,  the  reft  frigates  J  anfi  that  the  forces 
ainountcd  to  four  thoufand  regulars,  befide  the 
garf ifon  of  three  thoufand  before- mentioned.    ^  > 

This  changed  the  face  of  aflfeirs  abfolutely» 
and,  with  it,  changed  the  meafures  of  the  coin^ 
inander.  Ascertain  as  it  had  been  that  we  might  • 
attempt  Loui^bourg  with  great  hopcs-of  fuccefej 
according  tp  the  former  accounts  i  fo  plain  it  wai 
that  we  now  could  not.  if 

The  ftrcrtgth  of  the  enemy  rendered,  the  taking 
of  the  plac<*  imprafticable  ;  and  the  general  has 
been  blamed,  who  therefore  dedincdtbe  under- 
taking. /,  £    1. 

This  Is  the  fair,  and  thi&  the  true  ftate  ot  the 
noble  commander's  conduct :  and  this  will,  with 
the  impartial,  fet  afidc  all  ccnfure.  If  we  may 
credit  the  accounts  fince  that  time,  this  ftate  of 
the  place,  contained  in  the  French  papers,  muft 
have  been  true  j'and  in  that  cafe  it  would  have 
been  raftinefs  unbecoming  a  general,  and  unju- 
•ftifiable  in  the  highcft  degree,  to  have  ^lade  the 

attempt.      -  •     r  ''  '''r        i.-       j 

>     It  appears  that  lord  Loudon,  from  this  and  o- 

ther  concurrent  teftimonies,  found  the  place  too 
;  well  iuppgtied^  be  attacked  with  his  force; 
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tfioSJie  tberefc^ce  gave  up  the  defign  for  rhat 
yean  leaving  the  glory  of  this  important  con« 
quett  to  fomc  fuccctding  and  more  favourabUi 
opportnoity.  He  took  back  the  forces}  diftri* 
buted  them  in  sdvantageous  ftations}  and  waf 
preparing  for  other  enterprizeSi  when  it  pteaied 
the  gotvernment  to  give  the  command  to  anothen 

Ihefe  are  the  fads  relating,  to  that  undertake*' 
Ingi  i>ey,are  plain,  certain,  and  nocorioos: 
there  is  nothing  new  to  the  r^^der  in  thib  dat# 
pf  them,  for  thofe  who  have  befbce  from  time 
to  tkne  recorded  them,  have  ^n^  tt  jqftlyi 
From  thefe  the  arguments  areeafy^apd.theconf 
clufiim.  is  certain,  that  lord,  Loudon  has  a^ed 
ftccording  to  the  power  en trufted  to  himi  like  a 
Vfuve  and  wife  man  :  and  that  the  (late  of  things 
;fdciermined  him  to  defer  ~  that  enterprise,  in 
.which  there  is  no  profpeA  he  could  have  iuc- 
ccedjcd,  to  times  in  whicH  it  may  perhaps  be 
accompliQied  by  another.  Though  whenever 
it' IsMone,.  the  .public  k  will  find,  that  even  with 
more  force,  and  luore  advantages,  the  ilrugsle 
wiii  be  deipcrate.  ^ 

If  WG  would  learn  how  ill  reports  firft  rofe  coiw 
^erning  the  commander;  and  why  a  man  almoil 
jkdored  one  year,,  became  thie  objeA  of  unfair 
l^^nlure  in,  another,  the  caufe  is  uUyj  and  they 
kuaw  little  of  human  nature  who  cannot.traceit 
without  our  affift^nce.  Our  opinion  of  .Inen  in»(i 
bi'tions  in  tr^t  remote  part  oi  tht  world,  cannot 
iui  be  ttifli^m  ed  greatly  by  the  Sentiments  of 
thuic  upoin  «4|.  ipoi  i  wiiQfO  we  iiippole  to  have 


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1 1  fr  I 

more  bppoitiinttiiii  of  knowing,  «nB  whofe  teH^ 
mony  v^  are  too  apt  to  receive,  without  confidef* 
ing  the  influence  of  their  pafiions. 

The  opinions  of  people  in  Engkmd  ooocerhmg: 
lord  Loudon  have  been  greatljr  influenced  h^ 
thoTe  of  the  inhabitants  of  New  York:  perhapt' 
it  may  be  fair  to  %,  they  have  beea  derived  abi»: 
folutely  from  them.  ». 

Thofe  people,  like  oarfdves,  &t  oat trxdtit 
high  opinion  of  this  nobleman  ^  and  it  is  a  point 
of  importance  to  confi^er  how  they  came  tor 
change  it.  If  he  would  have  been  diredted  hf^ 
their  intcrefted  views,  or  would  have  preferred 
their  convenience  to  the  fcrvke  of  the  ftatty  hi# 
would  have  had  their  fuffrages  to  this  day.  W^ 
ought,  inftead  of  adopting  their  unfair  ^gjreftiw 
dns,  to  honour  him  for  the  caules  of  their  dmaBi^ 

If  lord  Loudon  would  have  left  his  foldieni 
without  quarters,  thef^pec^le  would  have  bedi 
fetisfied  :  if  he  would  have  left  all  meant  opeA. 
to  the  intelligence  of  the  enemy,  they  vfoM 
have  made  no  complamts. 

It  is  certain  by  the  account  of  the  people  m 
the  veflel  taken  by  the  Succefs,  that  they  did 
not  know  the  deftination  of  our  forces,  and  that 
great  point,  the  divifion  of  their  force,  had  beeft 
gained  by  it.  This  was  t  eoofequence  of  tho 
embargo:  and  it  was  iiich  as  procniied  the  mafjk 
ceruin  fuccefs  to  our  enterprize,  if  the  fleet  from 
England  had  arrived  at  that  lime,  to  have  joined 
in  me  execution.  That  fleet  was  delayed  i  and 
it  appears  byihc  kilcUigcoco  cbtaiaed  f rom  thd 

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f<to  pHze,  that,  inthe  mean  time,  the  French 
bad  ^ncrcaicd  their  feven  (hips  to  nine  and  twen*« 
ty.      That   which  was  pra6icablc  againft  th& 
imaUer  force,  was  impoffiblc  to  be  performed' in 
<^>j)6fitioa  to  the  larger  j  and  the  attack  of  Lou-». 
vbourg  which  might^ve  been  made  aiihe  fii^^ft 
favourable  time,  was  poftpoqcd  by  the.  delay  of 
our  flcct»  to  a  period  when  it  was  impracticable* 
laccufe  no  perfonrbut  this  accident  was  the 
traiife^  and  this.finglc  circumftance  was  the  rea*- 
fcn  we  did  nocattaclt  Louisbourg  at  a  time  wheii* 
probably  we  might  have  taken  it.     ^  ■  -  > 

I  In  the  mean  while,  the  people  of  our  colonies,, 
^ifgufted  at  the  high  hand  with  which  Jord  Lou-? 
dorf  had  nccefl^rily  carried  the  afiair  of  quarter-' 
ing  the  troops  and* the  embargo,  fought  all  pcca- 
'  firioB  of  mifreprdfenting  his  lordftiip's  conduct  t. 
accidfehts.in  which  he  had  no  concern  were  in 
^cir  confequences  attributed  t^  him,  as  if  fee 
had  caufcd  thbm;  and  every  trieafurcfthat  falfe- 
bood,/  within  the;  reach  of  their  low  cunning, 
could  adopt,  were  ufed,  to  perplex  and  djfturb  hi& 
Ibrdfhip's  councils:  '    ■  ^ 

i  (fWhcn  they  were  tired  with  the  novelty  of  the 
tsircife  of  the  foldiers,  they  began  to  complainr 
that  it  was  delaying  bufincfs,  and  wafting  ufefuil 
rime  V  though  they  at  the  fame  time  knew  the 
deity  was  the  not  artivmg  of  the  expeded  inid- 
'  Hgcnce,  and  this  wad^  only  an  employment  of  the 
foldiers  tillit  eame.  ,*..._,*♦ 

'  I  sIThcy  firft'brcd  thofe  difafFe61ions  in  the  ofll~ 
eel's,  ot  which  tbcy  afterwards  blwcd  the  con^ 
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l^^^ces  j  and  they  even  a{t<§ijip{ea  toik  jl^ 
the  evidence  of  that  force  in  Ldtdsbourg;  wHidk< 
TTctidefi^d  the  article  inlpriteablc,  bjr  a  ftlfchbod 
as,  ihfoieiit  in  the  cotrtrivance;  as  it  was  eaiy  df  de^ 
teiftidrt/'''^"  ■'  '''''"'  ^^*  ■■' '  '  '•'  ' '  -  -^  -'  "■^"5*'^f  '^'>1' 
ic  ftatc  of  the  place,^  and  flfrcngth  faf  tfitf  4* 
ixtth'pm  the  knowledge  of  Which  the  entcrdriiwl 
^ai  fulpbnded,  were  give^bvthi^  French  officert 
thepiielvesA  and  intended  for  their  foverc%ii{ 
Thfc  account,  on: thiB  ftren^th  of  which  Aey 
have  ehdeavpufedftd  invalidate  it,  Was  what  thtjf 
caHed  the  tiftimohyof  captain  Goram.'  Thej* 
wei^fc  tunning  to^  fix  iipon  thisf  nami^,  for  it  Had 
tUdtit-,  and  thcy^^ere  bold  to  ufc  it:  they  hai 
no  right  to  his  nimfe>  when  thcy-anndtcd  it  trt» 
their {candalons^(fti6n.  =  -''''[' \''''\.      '    t  *"^ 

'Tis  certain  captain-  Gorani  WaS  (c^t  ^t  i  fel 
eond  time,  and  that  he  returned  with  a  fccond 
account  of  the  ftrchgth  of  the  eti^y.  But  whtt* 
that  account  was,  they  ncvdr'knew  or  heard: 
they  gave  otit  in  the  place  of  it,  fuch  an  account 
as  tpight  bcft  fuit  their  own  bad  purpofes;  and 
they  produced  for  this  the  Authority  of  a  JcW|* 
vfbo  declared  he  had  received  it  from  «aptaili 
Gf ram  at  midnight,  or  before  day  break,  *thc 
day  fucGceding  his  arrival.  '  '  >'^?     ''  i  V'[ 

This  ftory  was  thtir  own,  and  they  could  give 
it  whatever  circuihftances  would  bcft  foit  tnciif 
purpole.  Hi cy  varied  nothing  from  that  ftate 
of  the  enemy's  force,  which  fet  it  atthe  lowed: 
the  Jew'deciarcd  the  French  had  only  five  (biof 


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^lINlicfiptf.imdtwo  fri^tes ;  and  that  captaio  jQcr 
1^  |[avi&  hioi  ibal^  accpuRt. 

;  M{flth9>vx;tl^ing  of  thefev£nt|ii>f  Auguft,  cap« 
tgiprQodu^  from  h^  expedition,  aa<;i  the 

Jew  affirmed,  thaf  he  had  come  on  diore  during 
l^f  flight, ^aUtJI»ould  feem  to  tell  him  this  news, 
1^^  there  does^Rot  appc^  apy  other  bufi^efs  that. 
fpottlA  hring  him  thithcrt,  aad  that  having  told 
1^  this,  1^  |»tucncd,^       .,    , : 

y.^d^tti^^t''^  >W'^^"*''*^^  of  thi^  ftbry,  thete 
VEdfr  pcovedjio  it  abfoilate  faKhood.  ,  It  was  npc 
}jii^  that  ;ciapta40  X^orasn,  when  he  had  beea 
^t  «n,an  enterprize  of  fecrecy  and  urportaocc;^ 
l^^uld  <|ome  on  ihore  to  tsell  what  he  had  Teen  to 
^jK^  Jew,  before  he  gave  an  account  of  it  to 
tiibfe  who  employed  him^tior  is  it  any  more 
|irobable,  that  what  he  faw  {hould  contradift 
what  the  French  officers  themfelves  had  juil 
llfrote  home  to  their  fovereign. 

Captaia  Gocam  declared  the  whole  an  utter 
falHty.  He  a^red  all  who  asked  hia»rthat  he 
fiever  came  alhore  that  night;  liior  then  or  at  any 
Other  time  had  fpoke  with  the  Je^  \x^n  that 

l^bje^        1  •  , 

,  7his  was  a  convitFlion  there  was  no  withftand* 
ing;  the  ftory  was  given  up  there,,  though  it  has 
bf  eo  revivoi  in  England.'  The  Jew  was  impri- 
fbned  as  an  ioi^poftor,  but  foon  aher  dilcharg«d 
without  punlflunent :  thccommander,  whofe  ren 
^tation  was  intended  to  be  hurt  by  this  poor, 
fontrif ance,  t^bg  ytxy  much  above  fuch  meaoi 
felentmeots.  He  con^red  the  fellow  as  he  was, 

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the  tool  of  a  fet  of  defigning  men,  whom  as 
\vould  not  have  condefcended  to  punilh  in  theif 
own  perfons,  much  lefs  would  he  regard  this  mi- 
fcrable  inftumcnt  of  their  bafencfs.  What  account 
^xaptain  Coram  really  brought,  can  be  no  fecrct| 
if  lord  London  be  (uppofed  %  pcrfon  intcrcftcd  in 
the  event,  it  may  be  known  frcw*  admiral  Hol- 
bouHi.  ,  4 

Thcfe  are  the  proper  fources  of  intelligence  j 
and  it  is  upon  thefe  and  no  other,  we  ^ould 
found  our  good  or  bad  oj  inion,  our  cenfurc  or 
applaufeofdHtinguilhed  perfons..  There  is  great 
merit  in  the  adion,  when"  m^  of  rank  and  ^fflu- 
cnceexpole  themfelvcs  to  the  dangers  and  fatigue* 
of  war  for  the  pubic  benefit;  and  we  ought  tgi 
look  on  thofc  who  do  it  with  a  high  refpeft.  No 
rank  or  influence  (hould  fcreen  the  guilty  from 
infamy  or  punifhment  j  but  it  becomes  the  pub* 
lie  to  be  very  fure  of  fafts  before  they  form  in- 
jurious fBfpicions.  If  it  become  a  praaicc  to  in* 
ciulgc  this  difingcnuQU£:and  indecent  conduft  of 
tailing  without  caufc,  at  all  who  do  not  fuceccd, 
we  (hall  difj^uft  thofe  who  arc  fit  for  high  em# 
ployrocnts;  and  no  man  will  undertake  the  fcr. 
vwe,  bvii  he  who  feu  no  value  pn  his  repuutioiu 


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